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A Portable Cosmos

Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World

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The Antikythera Mechanism, now 82 small fragments of corroded bronze, was an ancient Greek machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it. Reflecting the most recent researches, A Portable Cosmos presents it as a gateway to Greek astronomy and technology and their place in Greco-Roman society and thought.

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A Portable Cosmos, Alexander Jones

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2017
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Titolo
A Portable Cosmos
Sottotitolo
Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
2017
Formato
Copertina rigida
Pagine
288
ISBN10
019973934X
ISBN13
9780199739349
Serie
Descrizione
The Antikythera Mechanism, now 82 small fragments of corroded bronze, was an ancient Greek machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it. Reflecting the most recent researches, A Portable Cosmos presents it as a gateway to Greek astronomy and technology and their place in Greco-Roman society and thought.